Trompe-l’œil, (French for “trick the eye”) is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions, instead of actually being a two-dimensional painting.
Roman Klco, the winner of bronze medal on Cannes Young Lionis in 2009 is a full time flash and interactive developer, UI and graphic designer, but he is also a part-time freelance designer.
Stan Munro started Toothpick City in 2003 with his wife supporting him all the way. She even helped him spend the money when Toothpick City was sold in 2005!
Right now he is working at Toothpick City II and you could help him suggesting a temple or tower. “Toothpick City II represents mankind’s quest for the heavens, whether spiritual or physical. The exhibit will honor architectural achievement, religious diversity, and historical accuracy,” Stan says.
The Canadian Snow Sculpture team is an affiliation of artists from the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Their sculptures are intended to create a sense of wonder and surprise, both in the subject matter and use of the medium. With the sculptures being of such an ethereal nature, they want to create images which will live long in the memory of the viewer.
This is from the first collection of wearable works by Polly van der Glas. A new collection will be available in a few weeks on the artist’s website.
Polly was silversmith qualified in 2006 and won the Craft Victoria Fillipo Raphael Fresh! Award upon graduation. All works are handmade, with sterling silver, human hair and human teeth. Human teeth are locally donated and sterilized, and human hair is either locally donated or sourced from India and China.
Retail prices ranges from $180 for a pair of cast sterling silver human tooth stud earrings, or a cast sterling silver plaited human hair ring, to $750 for a sterling silver knuckle ring set with four human teeth.
Photos by Terence Bogue
Sipho Mabona was five years old when he folded his first paper airplane. Fifteen years later Mabona ran out of paper airplane designs to fold and turned to origami hoping it would enable him to come up with original designs.
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